Substantial Completion: Fall 2020

UC Merced 2020 Project substantial completion overview

Fall 2020: Substantial Completion

"Substantial Completion" is 478,000 assignable square feet in size and includes a new wet-lab building with faculty offices and classrooms, a new student wellness and counseling center, 980 new beds in student housing, 630 new parking spaces, a conference center, a dedicated transit hub for buses, a student enrollment center, a swimming pool and outdoor recreation courts. Latest construction updates

Individual descriptive pages for each of the Fall 2020 facilities are under development

  • Lab 3A: A wet and dry laboratory building designed by SOM.

  • Lab 3A2: A research greenhouse designed by SOM.

  • Housing 3C: An undergraduate residence hall with student life space, retail space and classrooms designed by Page Southerland Page.

  • Housing 3D: An undergraduate residence hall with student life space, retail space and classrooms designed by Page Southerland Page.

  • Conference Center 3G: A multipurpose conference center for students, faculty and staff designed by SOM.

  • Academic Leadership Office/Enrollment Center 3H: A student enrollment center, campus store, gallery and academic leadership office designed by WRNS Studio.

  • Competition Swimming Pool 3K: A competition-level swimming pool designed by HOK.

  • Student Wellness and Counseling Center 3M: A student wellness and counseling center designed by HOK, which includes space for counseling, disability and psychological services as well as lockers and coaches offices to support adjacent recreation facilities.

  • Recreation Fields 3N: Two outdoor recreation fields.